Recommendation #1
Involve school board board members; board should be more conversant in content and implementation of mission expectations
Our response:
1. Extend a standing invitation to school board to attend each faculty meeting.
2. Rotate school board member attendance at faculty meetings (make it a “duty”/requirement of the position).
3. Develop a system for two-way communication with school board members (i.e. meeting summaries should be sent to department head meetings or PAC—through use of technology or district newsletter).
Comments/stickies:
Re: #2: “Great idea; get them into the building/classrooms.”
Recommendation #2
Ensure adequate sources of funding of the 21st century grant.
Our response:
Engage in dialogue with school board, administration, community, to evaluate and understand value and accomplishments of program.
Comments/stickies:
“How should the 21st century grant be evaluated? Who is objective?
Mission and Expectations Committee
Recommendation #3
Ensure that all students benefit from full range, rigor, civic, social, learning expectations
Our response:
Academic:
1. Rigor: course booklet- yearly review by department, guidance, administration
2. Hold students accountable for learning expectations. Appropriate student placement may require student to demonstrate prerequisite learning/skills
a. Comments/sticky- Will parents continue to have veto power over course assignments (course selection)?
b. Comments/sticky- Does this support movement toward heterogeneity or away, toward the status quo?
3. Faculty consensus- rigor, civic, social expectations- Communication is key
4. Curriculum tailored to meet the needs of all students
a. Comments/sticky- This will require a substantial investment of our time
5. Designated learning time, tutor time incorporated into the day.
a. Comment/sticky- Good idea!
6. Caps on student enrollment per class
a. Comment/sticky- keep low
Social:
7. In school suspension, not suspension
a. Comment/sticky- Done by administration
8. Consistent enforcement of student discipline expectations- to address the hijack of other students’ learning
Civic:
9. Remove study halls and have students use time to develop a civic plan of themselves- tutoring, mentor younger students, or community action.
a. Comment/sticky- Common theme?
10. Tighten loosey-goosey senior ‘A Day in Community’ Civic Day (create a community liaison) i.e., shadow inmate- day at jail, out of the box thinking, a day working at school.
11. Job shadow requirement- by the end of sophomore year
a. Comment/sticky- Sophomore year too early to job shadow- do junior year after ASVABs
b. Comment/sticky- Good idea
12. Accumulate civic points- i.e., 5 per year, 20 by graduation.
Recommendation #4
Define the target levels for successful achievement of student learning.
Our response:
1. Departmental review of rubrics to see how they align/suit with content areas. Keep as general as possible.
a. Comment/sticky- What is the status?
Recommendation #5
Develop and implement a formal process for ongoing review of school’s mission.
Our response:
1. Designate an annual faculty meeting—invite all stakeholders (board members, students, parents, and community members), following a particular protocol, in an effort to be transparent.
2. departmental review of mission and student learning expectations
` 3. Develop a rubric for expectations of student learning.
Recommendation #1
Involve school board board members; board should be more conversant in content and implementation of mission expectations
Our response:
1. Extend a standing invitation to school board to attend each faculty meeting.
2. Rotate school board member attendance at faculty meetings (make it a “duty”/requirement of the position).
3. Develop a system for two-way communication with school board members (i.e. meeting summaries should be sent to department head meetings or PAC—through use of technology or district newsletter).
Comments/stickies:
Re: #2: “Great idea; get them into the building/classrooms.”
Recommendation #2
Ensure adequate sources of funding of the 21st century grant.
Our response:
Engage in dialogue with school board, administration, community, to evaluate and understand value and accomplishments of program.
Comments/stickies:
“How should the 21st century grant be evaluated? Who is objective?
Mission and Expectations Committee
Recommendation #3
Ensure that all students benefit from full range, rigor, civic, social, learning expectations
Our response:
Academic:
1. Rigor: course booklet- yearly review by department, guidance, administration
2. Hold students accountable for learning expectations. Appropriate student placement may require student to demonstrate prerequisite learning/skills
a. Comments/sticky- Will parents continue to have veto power over course assignments (course selection)?
b. Comments/sticky- Does this support movement toward heterogeneity or away, toward the status quo?
3. Faculty consensus- rigor, civic, social expectations- Communication is key
4. Curriculum tailored to meet the needs of all students
a. Comments/sticky- This will require a substantial investment of our time
5. Designated learning time, tutor time incorporated into the day.
a. Comment/sticky- Good idea!
6. Caps on student enrollment per class
a. Comment/sticky- keep low
Social:
7. In school suspension, not suspension
a. Comment/sticky- Done by administration
8. Consistent enforcement of student discipline expectations- to address the hijack of other students’ learning
Civic:
9. Remove study halls and have students use time to develop a civic plan of themselves- tutoring, mentor younger students, or community action.
a. Comment/sticky- Common theme?
10. Tighten loosey-goosey senior ‘A Day in Community’ Civic Day (create a community liaison) i.e., shadow inmate- day at jail, out of the box thinking, a day working at school.
11. Job shadow requirement- by the end of sophomore year
a. Comment/sticky- Sophomore year too early to job shadow- do junior year after ASVABs
b. Comment/sticky- Good idea
12. Accumulate civic points- i.e., 5 per year, 20 by graduation.
Recommendation #4
Define the target levels for successful achievement of student learning.
Our response:
1. Departmental review of rubrics to see how they align/suit with content areas. Keep as general as possible.
a. Comment/sticky- What is the status?
Recommendation #5
Develop and implement a formal process for ongoing review of school’s mission.
Our response:
1. Designate an annual faculty meeting—invite all stakeholders (board members, students, parents, and community members), following a particular protocol, in an effort to be transparent.
2. departmental review of mission and student learning expectations
` 3. Develop a rubric for expectations of student learning.
Comments/stickies:
none